The project concerns the further development and promotion of the innovative directions of the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (ITHABYK) of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (ELKETHE) and focuses on the state-of-the-art technologies, in which it has taken an important course through the national infrastructure (CMRB, LifeWatchGreece, BioImaging_GR, ELIXIR_GR), the major European and national programmes in which it participates, as well as its equipment and experienced staff. The project is organised in three modules, two of which (Genetic Environment and Aquaculture) are the main areas of ITHABBYK, and one on the development and operation of horizontal research platforms to facilitate research effort, but also to provide services to all stakeholders. The scientific fields it covers concern the environment, biodiversity at all levels of biological organisation, from gene to ecosystem, and aquaculture. The urgent issues to which it makes a decisive contribution at regional and national level concern the quality of the environment and the implementation of European and national policies, the access of all stakeholders to biological resources and the development of this natural capital in the country and, finally, the development and promotion of aquaculture technologies. The stakeholders involved in the project are part of a wide range, including both the public (ministries, regional and local authorities, research and academic institutions, etc.) and the private sector of the national economy (small and medium-sized enterprises, sectors of aquaculture, IT, bioactive substances and pharmacology). The project foresees 29 deliverables, with multiple end-users, including, but not limited to, students, higher education teachers, researchers, executives involved in the implementation of relevant European (e.g. WFD, MSFD, MSP) and national policies and directives, but also in the development of policies at local, regional and national level, environmental managers, industry and entrepreneurs of the environment, aquaculture, pharmacology and bioactive substances, etc. The project is developed and completed by ITHABBYK and indirectly involves a large number of research and academic institutions through their relevance to the subjects of national research infrastructures in which the institute participates. The project is projected to last for 3 years, starting in January 2017 and ending in December 2019. It includes 2 sub-projects, the main of which will be carried out at ITHABBYK’s premises in “Thalassocosmos” in Crete and the second in the aquaculture facilities of ITHABBYK in Agios Kosmas, Attica.